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Always connected to his native Ireland, in 2004 Byrne was appointed a UNICEF Ireland Ambassador, and in 2007 he received an honorary degree from the National University of Ireland, Galway, which recognized his "outstanding contribution to Irish and international film."Also in 2007, Byrne was presented with a lifetime achievement award at the 5th Jameson Dublin International Film Festival, and was awarded honorary patronage of the University Philosophical Society, from Trinity College in Dublin.

He told The Times of India, “There is a short film of 20 minutes that I had been commissioned to direct (there are 6 other directors from different parts of the world who have also directed different films that will eventually form a part of one big film that is yet to be released).